Resources 4 Writers
Are y0u a writer? Or, do you want to become one? There’s a super list of resources for writers at Momma Needs A Book Contract.
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What IS Your Essence?
My Canadian Oxford Dictionary defines essence as follows: “1 a. the indispensable quality or element identifying a thing or determining its character; b. the intrinsic nature or quality of something.”l For me, it is our essence that makes us truly unique. Some years ago, I read the wonderful book The Nibble Theory and The Kernel…
A Disturbing Video
Mark Silver over at www.HeartofBusiness.com alerted me to this interview of Naomi Wolf about her new book, The End of America Judge for yourself: http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/69422/
I'm Raising The Visibility of My New Blog
I’m staking my territory at Technorati. Here goes… Technorati Profile
I'm Peeved With Yaro Starak!!
Yaro Starak is one of the ‘blogging superstars’ — well, at least in his own eyes. I stumbled onto his blog via my pal Andy Wibbels. Here’s what annoys the hell out of me with Yaro and guys like him! The headline of his latest Blogging Tips Newsletter, which just arrived in my inbox, is:…
Artist's Way Classes Begin In January
As you know if you’ve been reading this blog for a while, I Grok Julia Cameron’s Artist’s Way! Her tools for creativity have helped me immensely and I often teach them to my clients. BUT, if you really want to DO THE WORK of learning and applying Julia’s methods then I recommend you get your…
Writer Boi!
Thanks to Writers Blog, a look at a video of the ANTHEM for the 2007 Writers Strike.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Many of my American friends and clients are travelling as I write this post. I am gob smacked at the notion of SIXTY MILLION people travelling for Thanksgiving. Lordy, that’s more the population of Canada! Anyway, whether you are American or not… this is a good time to take a minute or six to think…
And, now, the Future Belongs to . . .
the Writer-Entrepreneur. From the LA Times: Hollywood is a town awash in hyphenates. TV is loaded with writer-producers. The movie biz is full of writer-directors. There’s even a legion of actor-filmmakers like Clint Eastwood and George Clooney. But as the writers strike enters its third week, I think the future belongs to a tantalizing new…
Watch Out For The Time Management Nazis!
Yesterday a client sent me a ‘manifesto’ on time management and asked me what I thought. I took a 20-second look and KNEW my client was in deep doo doo if he were to follow this advice. According to Clarence Thomson, Enneagram Coach, most Time Managment books are written by Enneagram 3s — often compulsive…
